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@uitrit gisten @anni @ffice W. MILLER, OF BRANDENBRG, KENTUCKY.

Letters Patent No. 69,011, dated September 17, 1.867. i

i" COMBINED RAKE AND SPADE.`

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, W. H. MILLER, of Brandenburg, Meade county, Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Rake and Spade;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speeication.

The present invention relates to a combined rake and spade, more particularly embraced in an application for Letters Patent made by me, and now on tile in the United States Patent Oice; and this invention consists principally in a novel attachment of the handle for operating the tines` constituting the rake, to throw them into position for use as a rake or as a spade; and also .in a` triangular-shaped tine in cross-section. a accompanying plate of drawings my improved combined rake and spade is illustratedl Figure 1 being a plan or top view -of the same, with the parts in position for use as a spade, and

perfect and better operation to them when used.

1. The handle, fastened to frame E, carrying tines, substantially as described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 5th day of February, 1867,

, Witnesses: L A. S. RANKIN,

JfS. EAIRLEIGH.

Figure 2 a section taken in the plane ofthe line a: x, fig. 1, and with the tines in position for use asa rake. 'l A, in the drawings, represents the tines of the rake, secured by rivet-ing to a common cross-bar, B, that is hung so as to swing or turn in a. frame, C, of suitable constructionV therefor, and as in the application hereinbcfore referred to. D the handle-lever for operating the rake-tines, which handle is secured to the crossframe E for such tin'es, in addition to the cross-rod F, the centre upon which the said frame turns, as in the case of my former invention. The tines A 'are made of a triangular shape in cross-section, which gives a more Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentis- 2. I also claim the triangular tines A in cross-section, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

W. H. MILLER. 

